Health Staffs Get Flu Shots to Avoid Penalty

Hospitals and health systems are stepping up enforcement of a safety measure that will soon affect their bottom line: vaccinating health-care workers against the influenza virus, or requiring them to wear masks if they refuse.

For the first time this year, hospitals are being asked to report health-care personnel vaccination rates to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And under a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services...

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